dennis: hurricane sandy by the numbers. close to 20,000 flights canceled this week. 2900 today alone. washington's reagan national, new york's jfk and newark airports open again taking limited flights. sandy cutting power to 2.8 million utility customers, 2.6 million new jersey businesses and homeowners without power. 2.1 million still in new york, and outages spreading to illinois, kentucky, and tennessee. the super storm could cause $20 billion in property dj and $10 billion to $30 billion in lost business. cheryl: stocks every 15 minutes. we have you covered throughout the markets. nicole on the floor, robert at the nasdaq, and sandra smith in the cme in chicago. nicole, you first. >> underway, trading for the first time after being shut down for two days. traders showed up in droves. certainly, you see them all here. seems like 90% of the traders here today. we have seen some accelerated selling in the last 15 minutes or so. when you look at the dow, the nays deployed, s&p, down arrows for the major averages, dow down,